The rolling shutters for this restaurant is pulled down at closing at around midnight to 1am. Buenas noches or is it buenas dias?!

Took the Feel the City free walking tour, a must! This is the cathedral during the day.

The Giralda tower of the cathedral, formerly a minaret and an important structure during the medieval period of Seville, was converted into a bell tower by adding the top most section where the church bells are. Many tower structures today have been inspired by the Giralda tower, for example, the clock tower of the SF Ferry Building or one in NYC Madison Square Garden.

Some example of mudejar style design, highly ornamental. You will see more mudejar style once I upload the Alcazar photos...

You will see this symbol all around the city. Something about Seville not abandoning their King Alfonso.

Purportedly the oldest bakery in the world.

A panoramic of Triana district across the river, day time view.

A daytime view of the famous bullring.

The Gold tower during the day.

A panoramic view of Plaza de Espana of Seville. Built for the Iberico-American Exposition of 1929 in Maria Luisa Park. A mixture of art deco and mudejar style. A movie magnet, parts of Star Wars, The Dictator, even one episode of Amazing Race was filmed here.

Walked to Retiro Park, one of the largest parks in the city of Madrid. Roughly half the size of Central Park in NYC. Behind us is a monument to Alfonso XII.

The Crystal Palace.

Inside the palace.

The Mercado de San Miguel located just outside one of the entrances to Plaza Mayor. A nice trendy place selling upmarket foodie tapas, produce, desserts, and there were also wine bars.

Busy inside the market. We enjoyed a refreshing and fresh mango juice. It was probably organic too for what it's worth.

Fresh produce. Don't touch the fruit in Spanish markets.

The next day Avi and I took a short half hour high speed train ride to Toledo, just south of Madrid, and spent the day there. Once a capital of Spain(now the capital is Madrid).

Toledo is flanked on 3 sides by the Tagus River. The city is another of Spains many UNESCO World Heritage site. It has over 2000 years of history with lots of different influences from the Romans to the Visigoth to the Muslims to the Jews and then the Christians. Known as a city of three cultures because in the past Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived together for centuries. You will see synagogues, churches, and mosques.

Puente de San Martin(San Martin Bridge) over the River Tagus, a medieval bridge built in the 14th century, highly fortified with towers. Once inside the city you can get lost in the labyrinth of narrow winding cobble streets.

Well preserved Visigoth walls on one side of the city.

Spanish Flag.

Our tour guide navigated us through narrow streets to find the Cathedral. It is the 4th largest Cathedral, the 3rd is in Seville.